The Fee surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,453 people carried this name — #5,394 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 45,700 people counted. That is down 3% from 6,687 in 2000.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 23 births for the Fee name in 1890.
Most were registered in Ulster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 1,000 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. One of them was indexed under another spelling of the name. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “Antrim, Cavan, and Fermanagh.”
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 92 people named Fee.
Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Mayenne.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Fee in American newspapers,
1841–1911.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,796,340 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Fee,
with a public archive behind them.
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Albert Fee 1880–1957 · politician -
Earl Fee 1929– · athletics competitor -
Melinda O. Fee 1942–2020 · actor -
Elizabeth Fee 1946–2018 · historian -
Thomas Fee 1732–1800
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Chester Anders Fee 1893–1951 · poet
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Fee.
- Feder 2,884 · U.S. census
- Federici 856 · U.S. census
- Federico 5,951 · U.S. census
- Federspiel 773 · U.S. census
- Fedon 156 · U.S. census
- Fedrizzi 221 · U.S. census
- Feffer 296 · U.S. census
- Feger 690 · U.S. census
- Feher 1,564 · U.S. census
- Fehr 4,272 · U.S. census
- Fehrenbach 1,016 · U.S. census
- Feidt 180 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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